Natal

The Colony of Natal was a British colony that existed from 1843 to 1910 in what is now South Africa. The colony was established after the United Kingdom annexed the Republic of Natal, and on 31 May 1910 it would be combined with three other British colonies to form the Union of South Africa. In the 1860s, the sugarcane industry led to migrant workers from India arriving to work the plantations as indentured workers, and Durban became home to the largest concentration of Indians outside of India.